Rivers Good Governance Forum
9 Jun 2024
A civil society organisation, Rivers Good Governance Forum (RGGF), has hailed Governor Similanayi Fubara for approving new contracts for the completion of four zonal hospitals across the State. The Rivers State Executive Council deliberated and approved N26,350,310,714.88 for the completion and renovation of Bonny General Hospital, the upgrade of Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Rumuigbo, and the construction…
27 May 2024
The Rivers Good Governance Forum has raised an alarm over a fresh plot by the outgoing Chairmen of Local Government Councils in Rivers State to obtain a court injunction, enabling them to collect monthly allocations after their tenure expires in June. In a statement by Comrade Chukwudi Ezenwaji, Director of Mobilisation, and Hon. Cyril Enebeli,…
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) registrar, Professor Emeritus Isiaq Oloyede, has disclosed that no fewer than 4,997 underage candidates have so far registered for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. This is as he disclosed that the board had, by Monday afternoon, registered 420,674 candidates for its May 2025/2026 exams, targeting…
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Monday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atiku was accompanied on the visit by former Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River and Aminu Tambuwal, a former Sokoto State governor. READ ALSO:GMOs: Experts draw attention of NSA to risks of gene editing…
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Agriculture and policy experts have urged the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to investigate a suspected attack on Nigerians through gene editing, allegedly carried out using Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods. The Country Director of Project Sprint, Israel James, while speaking at a press conference in Abuja, along with some other experts, sounded the alarm…
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The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, says the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) will reconnect the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, as soon as agreed conditions are met. The minister disclosed after Monday’s tripartite meeting involving himself with the management of UCH and IBEDC at the hospital complex. Adelabu said the reconnection would occur…
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An 80-year-old prince from Bolorunduro in Ondo East Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State, Adefusi Adebisi, was on Monday arraigned before a magistrates' court for allegedly damaging property and breaching the peace. Adebisi was dragged before the court by the police for allegedly trespassing on land belonging to Reverend David Akinadewo-Adekahunsi and destroying economic…
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Tech expert, Mayowa Agboade, has said no nation can grow by begging for support, saying the suspension of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by the U.S. President, Donald Trump, was a good decision in Africa’s interest.
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The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in four separate appeals on the raging political leadership tussles in Rivers. Justice Uwani Aba-Aji, who led a five-member panel of justices reserved judgments to a date that would be communicated to parties, after taking arguments from lawyers involved in the matters. The four appeals are the Rivers…
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The Ebonyi Police Command has rebutted the reported abduction of the President of Ohanaeze Youth Council, Mr Igboayaka Igboayaka, saying that he was in police custody. The rebuttal is contained in a statement issued in Abakiliki by the command’s Spokesman, SP. Joshua Ukandu, and made available to newsmen on Monday. Ukandu stated that Igboayaka was…
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Abdulmateen Adebiyi, a fourth-year PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Missouri, has earned the prestigious Outstanding
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The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to sign into an Act, the bill for the South-South Development Commission. PANDEF, the apex socio-political body of the South-South geo-political zone, made the call in a communiqué at the end of an emergency meeting of the Board of Trustees (BOT), held in…